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Chocolate Covered Strawberries

"How to make your own chocolate dipped strawberries"

Chocolate Covered Strawberries always put a smile on every ones lips. A freshly ripened strawberry and chocolate whether it is dark, milk or white is always a winning combination.

Now please don’t be put off by their spectacular appearance.

Their incredible WOW! factor hides the fact that they are very easy to make.

I will show you the basic steps for chocolate strawberries and how to take those skills and make tuxedo, bride and groom, santa, snowman, rudolph, christmas, 4th of July and valentine strawberries ...

Please read through the chocolate covered strawberries recipe first before starting.

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Tips for making a chocolate dipped strawberry ...

Always use perfect strawberries. This way your efforts will be shown off at their best and they will taste incredible.

Have everything ready before you start dipping.

The strawberries must be dry when dipped into the melted chocolate.

When melting the chocolate avoid overheating and contact with steam or water.

Always use a heatproof bowl when melting the chocolate.

Chocolates all vary in their thicknesses when melted. If the chocolate you have chosen looks as if it will be too thick when melted to dip then add 1 teaspoon of plain vegetable oil to 2 cups of chocolate buttons. Stir through thoroughly. This will make the job a lot easier without diminishing the flavour.

Store the finished strawberries at a cool room temperature.

Plan to dip the strawberries on the day they are to be eaten.

Chocolate Strawberry Recipe

What You Will Need

Fresh, clean and dry strawberries with their green calyx intact.

Choice of chocolate for dipping and decorating. Chocolate buttons are the best for melting. If your favourite chocolate does not come in this form then roughly chop.

You will need approximately 2 cups of chocolate buttons melted to dip 20 medium sized strawberries.

Small heat proof bowls to melt the chocolate in.

Baking trays lined with non-stick baking paper, waxed paper or foil.

Other decorations, chopped nuts, sprinkles etc for finishing touches

Small icing bags for drizzling or decorating the chocolate covered strawberries.

Paper cases, cellophane bags or small bamboo skewers for presentation

How To Melt Chocolate

I have listed three easy ways to melt chocolate. My favourite way is in the oven. I find this is more flexible. I can keep several types of chocolate melted this way. I don’t have the danger of working with steam or the easy chance of over heating in the microwave.

Try and use small bowls to melt the chocolate. This will reduce the amount of chocolate you will have left-over. A bowl with a depth that is double the height of the strawberry is ideal. You can always add more chocolate to the bowl to melt if needed.

Double Boiler Bring a small amount of water to the boil in a saucepan. Turn the heat down to a slow simmer. Place your heatproof bowl containing your chocolate buttons to snuggly fit on top. The base of the bowl must not touch the simmering water. It is the heat of the steam that is used to melt the chocolate not the water. Stir the chocolate buttons until melted.

MicrowaveUse a heatproof microwave safe bowl. Microwave the chocolate uncovered on 50% power for 1 minute. Stir. Then repeat in 30 second intervals until the chocolate has melted. Great care must be taken not to overheat the chocolate using this method.

OvenPlace the heatproof bowl containing the chocolate buttons in a preheated oven set at 60oC. Leave for 10 minutes, then stir. Leave the bowl in there until the chocolate is completely melted. You can leave the chocolate safely in the oven until ready to use.

For presentation display each chocolate covered strawberry in a slightly flattened paper case. Bamboo skewers are also a fun way to serve them. This gives your guests an easy way to hold the strawberries.

Chocolate Strawberry Bride and Groom

Any occasion can be catered for especially if you colour white chocolate, they can be made to colour co-ordinate your wedding or shower etc. They can also be used to top cupcakes which are very popular wedding cake.

4th of July Chocolate Strawberries

Red, White and Blue - Stars and Stripes.

There's no better way to celebrate the 4th of July than with these chocolate strawberries.

Chocolate strawberry cake

More easy chocolate recipes for your special occasions

From all the feedback I have had it seems most of you end up on this chocolate covered strawberries page because you are looking for wedding ideas. So I thought I would share this idea with you.

These are a couple of ideas from my chocolate peppermint slice page. I have taken this wonderful old favourite and given it a mini make-over. It never fails to impress and is very versatile in how it can be decorated.

They are made in mini muffin silicon moulds which make them very easy to pop out. You can apply the same ideas to my chocolate caramel slice recipe - I dont know anyone who does not like chocolate caramel slice!